Carbon dioxide-activated mesoporous date palm fronds carbon integrated with MnO/polyaniline for highly efficient capacitive deionization of water.

The continuous population growth and drying up the freshwater reservoirs around the world are increasing the demand for fresh water. Therefore, there is an urgent need to explore newer technologies able to purify water on large scales for human usage. Capacitive deionization is one of the most promising approaches to generate fresh water by the removal of salt ions from brackish water.

Freestanding Activated Carbon Nanocomposite Electrodes for Capacitive Deionization of Water.

Freshwater reserves are being polluted every day due to the industrial revolution. Man-made activities have adverse effects upon the ecosystem. It is thus the hour of need to explore newer technologies to save and purify water for the growing human population.

Structural and Electrochemical Properties of Physically and Chemically Activated Carbon Nanoparticles for Supercapacitors.

The demand for supercapacitors has been high during the integration of renewable energy devices into the electrical grid. Although activated carbon materials have been widely utilized as supercapacitor electrodes, the need for economic and sustainable processes to extract and activate carbon nanomaterials is still crucial. In this work, the biomass waste of date palm fronds is converted to a hierarchical porous nanostructure of activated carbon using simple ball-milling and sonication methods.